Goodyera tesselata
Checkered rattlesnake plantain: a small evergreen terrestrial orchid of the cool forests of northeastern North America, grown for its blue-green rosette netted with pale veins. It lives in deep shade on acidic forest duff and spends winter frozen under snow, so it needs a real cold rest to stay healthy.
Where it grows wild
Shaded floor of coniferous and mixed forest, rooted shallowly in needle litter and moss over acidic, well-drained soil; it spreads slowly by short rhizomes.
Recorded from 15 to 533 m, median 338 m, though it occurs higher in the Appalachians.
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